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2024-08-04 08:14:34 UTC
So now we get to the real contest: The Maori Party and the Labour
Maori caucus dealing with Maori in ACT and National. It is 'us' vs
'not us' or 'us' vs 'fake Maori'. On one side we have the Maori Party
MPs (both of them) and the Labour Maori Caucus (led by Willie
Jackson), against Karen Chhour, David Seymour and Winston Peters
amongst other Maori that are MPs for National or ACT.
If ever we can see how Maori remain very tribal in some respects this
is it - real Maori cannot be members of National or ACT according to
the Maori Party and Labour.
The reality is that Maori, like those of all other ethnic groups, can
be of equal conviction regardless of political persuasion. Neither
the Maori Party nor Labour can lay claim to be the rightful
representatives of 'Maoridom'.
In NZ, there are some of us who can trace our forbears back to some
Maori, but there are none of us who can trace our forbears back to
Maori exclusively (ie in every generation). So anyone who currently
identifies as Maori is in fact part-Maori. I acknowledge that this is
based on mathematical probability, but I challenge anyone to prove
that anyone who identifies as Maori can trace their forbears as
exclusively descended to Maori of pre-European times.
Maori caucus dealing with Maori in ACT and National. It is 'us' vs
'not us' or 'us' vs 'fake Maori'. On one side we have the Maori Party
MPs (both of them) and the Labour Maori Caucus (led by Willie
Jackson), against Karen Chhour, David Seymour and Winston Peters
amongst other Maori that are MPs for National or ACT.
If ever we can see how Maori remain very tribal in some respects this
is it - real Maori cannot be members of National or ACT according to
the Maori Party and Labour.
The reality is that Maori, like those of all other ethnic groups, can
be of equal conviction regardless of political persuasion. Neither
the Maori Party nor Labour can lay claim to be the rightful
representatives of 'Maoridom'.
In NZ, there are some of us who can trace our forbears back to some
Maori, but there are none of us who can trace our forbears back to
Maori exclusively (ie in every generation). So anyone who currently
identifies as Maori is in fact part-Maori. I acknowledge that this is
based on mathematical probability, but I challenge anyone to prove
that anyone who identifies as Maori can trace their forbears as
exclusively descended to Maori of pre-European times.
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